GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POSITION:  The worker health and safety advocate will play a leading role in managing Congress Watch's policy advocacy on occupational health and safety-- including in the topic areas of strengthening and enforcing workplace safety protections, whistleblower rights, heat stress impacts on worker health, appropriations implications, and other topics as necessary-- and manage related public education and outreach.

RESPONSIBILITIES

+ Identify emerging issues and advocacy needs and take the lead in developing policy proposals and drafting legislation.

+ Working with the Director and Managing Director of Congress Watch, plan and execute legislative and regulatory advocacy campaigns, potentially including some chosen work with targeted state legislatures, which the advocate will identify.

+ Research and write white papers, reports, fact sheets, letters, testimony, and comments on proposed rules and bills. Testify before Congres...